No, this it the right place for this thread. . . I'm just not convinced that I'm seeing the similarities. Lots of people have friends and relatives that they dislike, and lots of people have heard Irish fairy stories. That doesn'e necessarily imply that the stories and the grouchy old lady inspired Prince Caspian.

Now the fairy tales definitely did give rise a thoughtful and imaginative child. They allowed his imagination to flourish even through early youth, and therefore allowed for the eventual writing of CoN, but I don't think that they inspired them.

It may be of interest to note that I have always thought PC to be based rather loosely on the story of King David. Both of them grew up in court, both of them had to overcome huge adversities in early life, both of them had to flee for their lives from kings who wished to kill them, both of them lived in the wilderness with their armies, etc. . .

C.S lewis could have very well got the idea for Caspian's from his own. Writers often write based off experiacne. (Or so I'm told) The part about Caspian's aunt appears less likely to me.

Interesting. I hadn't noticed that before. I don't know if he did it on purpose, but every writer draws from their own experience, and Lewis certainly did (Puddleglum is based on Fred Paxford his gardener, Lucy on June Flewett...). Some commentators have said that Digory is a representation of Lewis too, since his mother died when he was the same age as Digory in MN (only Digory's didn't, obviously). And Digory's personality seems more similar to Lewis' than Caspian's does.

Both Lewis' mother and Digory's mother were also sick with the same illness. I read in a book somewhere (I forget where) that both had stomach cancer (which explains why Digory's mother was nervous about eating the apple at first)

I did a report on this about two years ago stating some reasons about how CS Lewis is so close into comparison as Caspian 10th. I always thought I was the only one who knew this but thank you to this, I see I'm not alone.